Cash (yes, Johnny Cash), Niemann release new music

Tuesday, March 25, 2014 – More than 10 years after his death, a new Johnny Cash album is out today. "Out Among the Stars" contains 13 previously unreleased songs discovered by Johnny's son, John Carter Cash, in 2012. The songs include two duets with June Carter Cash and one (Hank Snow's "I'm Movin' On") with Waylon Jennings. Ten of the songs were recorded in1981. John Carter Cash also augmented the recorded with additional recordings at Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tenn. Billy Sherrill produced the original music.

Jerrod Niemann is out with "High Noon," which includes everything from rap to more traditional country. Niemann has a hit with the current single "Drink To That All Night." Colt Ford is featured on the closing cut, "She's Fine."

CD reviews for Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash's live set was released on vinyl in Czechoslovakia in 1983. U.S. fans became aware of "Koncert v Praze (In Prague-Live)" when it was issued in the U.S. as part of the deluxe box set "Johnny Cash: The Complete Columbia Album Collection" in 2012. This marks the first time it was released as a single CD
Recorded on-stage in Czechoslovakia in April 1978,
- one of two recent reissues by the label of foreign concerts (the other was a Denmark show in December »»»

Like many icons who have since departed the planet, Johnny Cash left behind a legacy that continues to flourish - in the songs he left behind, in their interpretation by others and in the man's own recordings, which still sound as fresh and vital as they were when first released.
This vintage concert offers a case in point. Recorded at the peak of his prowess, it finds him replaying his classic hits - "A Boy Named Sue," "Folsom Prison Blues," "I Walk the Line" »»»

One would think that with all the archival music, reissues and postmortem tributes released on Johnny Cash's behalf, the vaults would have been scraped pretty clean by now, with only scraps left for dedicated completists to feast upon. So it comes as no small surprise to find that the Cash archivists actually uncovered some entire sessions that haven't been unearthed until now. Recorded in the early '80s, "Out Among The Stars" is such a high quality collection that it »»»

Editorial: Walking the talk –
When names like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon and the Hag are invoked, you're talking hard core country. These are the touchstones of country , the guys who made country music what it was and still is (or maybe can be). When these folks would sing about being down-and-out and the rough-and-tumble, they knew of what they were singing about. Fast forward a few years to the country singers of today. »»»

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John Paul White opined with a glint in his eyes that his songs were not of the uplifting variety. In fact, they were downright dark. How else to explain "The Long Way" with the line "long way home back to you." Or "James," a song inspired by his grandfather who suffered from dementia.
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After a seven-year hiatus, Marshall Chapman is back with "Songs I Can't Live Without," her 14th release and eighth on her own label. The 71-year-old singer-songwriter-author-actress had intended to retire from music »»»

Nine songs in, Sara Evans finally unleashes a country song that she wanted to cover. And it's one of the most copied songs at that - Hank's "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry." The cut is a decided left turn from the rest »»»